Carpet-beating machine



CARPET BEATING MACHINE.

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CARPET BBATING MACHINE. No. 274,224. Patented Mar. 20,1883.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE F. RICKER, OF CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARPET-BEATING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION `farming part of Letters Patent No. 274,224, dated March 20, 1883.

Application filed November 22. 1882. (No model.)

pet-supportiu g bed and the dust-receptacle beneath the same, and the manner of applying the heaters to the beater-cylinder;l and it con- -sists in a novel construction ofthe carpet-supporting bed or rack and the dust-receptacle beneath said bed, and a novel mode of applying the beaters to the operating-cylinder, all of which will be readilyunderstood by reference to the description of the drawings and to the claims to be hereinafter given.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical transverse section of my improved carpet-beating machine. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same on line :om on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial vertical longitudinal section on-lineyy on Figs.

l and 2; and Figs. 4 and 5 are partial vertical sections, illustrating the construction ot the carpet-supporting bed or rack drawn to an enlarged scale.

A is the beating-chamber, provided with the door B, hinged at its upper edge, and adapted t 'robe turned upward for the purpose of introduciug the carpet C into the chamber A;

` D is the dust receptacle, having itstwo lon gest sides, a a', inclined, as shown, and supporting at its top the carpet-supporting grating E, composed ot' a series ot' metal rodsb b, supported in slotted metalplates c'and o, secured to opposite sides of said receptacle and extending longitudinally thereof, as shown in Figs.

3, 4, and 5. The rods b b extend through the plates o and c', and rest upon the sheets of rubber, leather, or other soft non-resonant material, d and d', secured to the -tixed portions ot' the sides a c ot'the dust-receptacle. To keep the rods b b in position, endwise strips e and e', of wood, are secured to the upper edges ot' the walls a and a', respectively, to the upper sides of which are respectively secured by the guard -strips f and f the strips of rubber, leather, or other non-resonant material, g g',

which project over the ends ofthe rods b b, and against which said rods strike as they bound upward after being struck by the beaters, the holes in the plates o and c being slotted vertically to permit such upward movement of the rods for the purpose of more ef'e'ctually removing the dust and discharging it into the receptacle D. The object ot' the non-resonant strips d, d', g, and g is to reduce or deaden the noise that would otherwise be made bythe rods b b while being whipped by the beaters. The strips e and f are permanently secured to the wall a by screws or nails, as shown in Fig. 5. To facilitate the insertion and removal of the rods b b, the strips e andfare secured together, clamping the rubber or leather stripg between them, and the stripe is hinged at h to the wall a, so that itmay be turned down into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, when the rods b b maybe readily drawn out through the holes in the plate c; or a new rod may be inserted, and the strips e and'f are turned np again into the position shown in full linesin said' Fig. 4;' in which position it maybe secured by any suitable.fastenings--such, for instance, as one or more buttons, locks, or catches. l(Not shown in the drawings.)

F is the beater-cylinder, extending lengthwise of the chamber Aand mounted in suitaand having mounted upon its shaft the driving-pulley G, as shown in Fig. 2. '.lhe cylinder F may be made solid, as shown; or it muy be made hollow, it' desired, and has set in its periphery two or more longitudinal rows of metal pins, i, provided with heads, as shown in Figs.`l and 2, said pins being so set in the cylinder that the pins in one row shall revolve tween the planes of revolution of the pins in the other row. t

-H H are the beater-straps, made. ot' leather, rubber, or other tough ilexible material, and each connected at one end to one of the pins i, as shown. v

I I are guard-strips, made concave-convex in cross-section, and havingr transverse grooves jj out across their inner or concave sides, corresponding in number and location to the number and location ofthe pins t' in thezrow of pins to which each strip is to be applied, said grooves being of sufficient width and depth. to receive ble bearings in the end walls of' said chamber,

about the axis ofthe cylinder F iu planes be- IOO the beater-straps H, as shown. In the bottom ot' each of the transverse grooves, j, is formed a circular recess to receive the head of the pin t', and the corners ofthe strips I I at one side of each of the grooves j j is rounded upward to prevent the sharp corner from cutting the beaterstrap, all as shown in Fig. 1. The arrangement of the beater-straps in the different rows is such that the straps in one row will strike upon the carpet between the points where the straps in the preceding row struck,

and the guard-strips I I are firmly secured to the cylinder F by screws k 7c, as shown in Fig. 2.

Suitable draft-pipes (not shown in the drawings) are to be connected with the outlets of the dust chamber or hopper I) and to an exhaust-blower, (also not showin) as a means of removing the dust and dirt as it is beat from the carpet, and also helping to remove the dirt. from the carpet, and acting as a disinfectant by thoroughly airing the carpet whileitis being beaten.

J J are two pipes communicating with the interior ofthe chamber A and leading to the blower or connecting to the other pipes leading thereto, for the purpose of removing the dust from above the carpet.

K is a door openinginto the dust-receptaclev D, and L is a slatted rack to receive the carpet as it is delivered from the bed.

I am aware of the state ofthe art as embodied in Letters Patent ot' the United States No. 180,075, -July 18, 1876; No. 195,357, September 18, 11877, and No. 164,274, -June 8, 1875, and I do not claim anything therein contained but- What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot the United States, is-

1. In a carpet-beating machine, a carpetsupporting bed or rack composed of 'a series of rods mounted in vertically-slotted bearings,

substantiallyas and for the purposes described.

2. In combinationwith the beater-cylinder of a carpet-beating machine, the series ot' rods b b, mounted in vertically-slotted"bearings in the plates c and c'. and the non-resonant strips d, d', g, and g', all arranged yand adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. Thebeater-cylinderRin combination with two or more longitudinal rows ot' pins, t' '5, set therein, two or more series of iexihlebeaters, H H, each attached by one end -to one of said pins, and two or more concavo-convex guard` strips, I I', all arranged and adapted to operate substantially as described.

1. In combination with the bcater-cylinder and carpet-supporting bed or rack, the dust` receptacle D, having its two sidewalls inclined and its two end walls vertical, and provided with two or more discharge-openings in its bottom, arranged to discharge the dust from. the middle or ends ot' said hopper equally, substantially as and for the purposes described.

5. In combination with a heater-cylinder, a carpet-supporting bed or rack, and a dustreceptacle beneath said bed, provided with dischargeopenings, the pipes J J, communieating with the interior of the chamberA and adapted to convey the dust therefrom, substantially as described.

In a carpet-beating machine, the combinationy of the series of rods b b, the slotted plates c and c', and the strips e andf, secured together and hinged, substantially as and for the purposes described.

Intestimony whereof Ifhave signed my name to this specification, in the presence oftwo sub- -scribing witnesses, on this th day of November, A. D. 1882. l

GEORGE F. RIGKER. Witnesses:

E. A. HEMMENWA'Y, WALTER E. Loi/mann. 

